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Enrollment
2,210
High
DISTRICT 1,584 · STATE 838
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·POWAY UNIFIED·NCES 063153010004
Rancho Bernardo High
13010 Paseo Lucido, San Diego, CA 92128 · (858) 485-4800 · San Diego County
GRADES 09–12HIGH11-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL2,210 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 57% of California public high schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- FThree-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded California public high schools
Student : Teacher
24.5:1
90 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 23.4:1 · STATE 18.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
15%
336 students
DISTRICT 17% · STATE 65%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 545 | 25% |
| Grade 10 | 547 | 25% |
| Grade 11 | 580 | 26% |
| Grade 12 | 538 | 24% |
Student demographics
72%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 72% · STATE 62% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
69.6%
CA avg 49.1% . -2.4pp since 2014
Math
55.7%
CA avg 37.7% . -6.3pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 70 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 56 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are down about 2 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 6 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 39.0% | 30.6% | 16.4% | 14.0% |
| Math | 30.4% | 25.2% | 23.1% | 21.2% |
Share of tested students at each CAASPP level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
CAASPP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 69.6% | 55.7% |
| 2023-24 | 79.4% | 58.0% |
| 2022-23 | 85.0% | 70.3% |
| 2021-22 | 89.1% | 72.0% |
| 2018-19 | 81.0% | 73.3% |
| 2017-18 | 66.7% | 53.7% |
| 2016-17 | 79.7% | 61.5% |
| 2015-16 | 83.0% | 66.0% |
| 2014-15 | 72.0% | 62.0% |
% met or exceeded standard, all students and all tested grades.
Source: CAASPP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
65.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
70.6%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 66% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 71% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among California's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Rancho Bernardo High
Rancho Bernardo High's state test result (65.7% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rancho Bernardo High this school | 2,210 | 15.2% | 65.7% |
| Mt. Carmel High San Diego | 1,800 | 17.4% | 65.4% |
| Valencia High Valencia | 2,286 | 12.7% | 68.9% |
| Burlingame High Burlingame | 1,583 | 13.3% | 74.2% |
| Leigh High San Jose | 1,884 | 18.0% | 70.3% |
| Mountain View High Mountain View | 2,187 | 12.7% | 75.0% |
Matched among California high schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Rancho Bernardo High ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In California | In San Diego County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 65.7% | #116 of 1,052 | #7 of 70 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 55.7% | #116 of 1,056 ▼ 32 | #7 of 70 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 69.6% | #254 of 1,056 ▼ 151 | #28 of 70 ▼ 18 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -17.9pp | #6 of 1,044 | #1 of 70 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 2,210 | #185 of 2,093 | #15 of 135 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 24.5:1 | #1,157 of 1,352 | #73 of 96 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 72.0% | #71 of 1,351 | #3 of 97 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 15.2% | #1,521 of 1,575 | #108 of 112 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -6.3% | #581 of 802 | #43 of 57 |
Ranked against other public high schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
2,210
-198 (-8%) vs 2020
+57% since 1990-91, when it was 1,408
Student : Teacher
24.5:1
was 28.0:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 2,210 | 90.4 | 24.5:1 | 15% (336) |
| 2023-24 | 2,278 | 89.6 | 25.4:1 | 15% (348) |
| 2022-23 | 2,318 | 89.9 | 25.8:1 | 14% (319) |
| 2020-21 | 2,408 | 86 | 28.0:1 | 14% (329) |
| 2017-18 | 2,359 | 87.2 | 27.1:1 | 17% (406) |
| 2015-16 | 2,265 | 81 | 28.0:1 | 13% (284) |
| 2010-11 | 2,431 | N/A | N/A | 7% (161) |
| 2000-01 | 3,208 | 137 | 23.4:1 | 4% (130) |
| 1990-91 | 1,408 | 62 | 22.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Rancho Bernardo High.
Since 2017-18: students down 6% (2,359 to 2,210); teachers up 4% (87.2 to 90.4).
About Rancho Bernardo High
Rancho Bernardo High is a high-enrollment high school serving families in San Diego, California. Its grade span covers grades 9 through 12, with 2,210 students on the rolls. High schools in California average about 838 students, which makes this school 164% larger than average.
Poway Unified has 39 schools; together they serve 34,259 students.
Of every 100 students at Rancho Bernardo High, about 41 are White, the largest group. Other students are 24% Asian, 20% Hispanic, 12% multiracial, and 2% Black. A diversity index of 72% means there is a 72% chance two randomly chosen students at Rancho Bernardo High are from different groups.
On staff are 90.4 full-time-equivalent teachers; the student-to-teacher ratio is 24.5:1. High schools in California have an average ratio of 18.2:1. About 15% of students at Rancho Bernardo High are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. For comparison, public schools in San Diego County average 54%.
On the allk12 Grade, Rancho Bernardo High lands at B, ahead of 57% of California public high schools.
Compared with California schools that have similar shares of low-income students, Rancho Bernardo High's results are 5.0 points below predicted: 65.7% against 70.6%.
In the surrounding county, San Diego County, the median household earns about $106,268 a year, 43% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Counting Rancho Bernardo High, San Diego County has 766 public schools.
Rancho Bernardo High is about 0.2 miles from Bernardo Heights Middle, its nearest public school. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Local comparison: Rancho Bernardo High ranks 4th of 8 nearby schools, at 65.7% versus a 66.0% average.
Its NCES locale code is City: Large: the school is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
The 2020-21-to-2024-25 change in enrollment was an 8% decline, from 2,408 to 2,210. The student-to-teacher ratio went down from 28.0:1 to 24.5:1.
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San Diego County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
3,288,774
Census ACS
Median income
$106,268
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
43%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
766
467,437 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Poway Unified
- Del Norte HighHigh · 2,557 students
- Westview HighHigh · 2,116 students
- Poway HighHigh · 2,101 students
- Mt. Carmel HighHigh · 1,800 students
- Oak Valley MiddleMiddle · 1,503 students
- Bernardo Heights MiddleMiddle · 1,487 students
Other schools in San Diego
- Del Norte HighHigh · 2,557 students
- Torrey Pines HighHigh · 2,536 students
- Henry HighHigh · 2,485 students
- Mira Mesa HighHigh · 2,187 students
- Canyon Crest AcademyHigh · 2,147 students
- Westview HighHigh · 2,116 students
Nearby schools
- Bernardo Heights Middle0.2 mi · 1,487
- Highland Ranch Elementary0.8 mi · 661
- Turtleback Elementary1.4 mi · 458
- Abraxas Continuation High1.5 mi · 216
- Rolling Hills Elementary1.6 mi · 490
- Meadowbrook Middle2.1 mi · 972
Frequently asked questions
About Rancho Bernardo HighWhat is the total enrollment at Rancho Bernardo High?
Rancho Bernardo High enrolls approximately 2,210 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does Rancho Bernardo High serve?
Rancho Bernardo High serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
How many students per teacher at Rancho Bernardo High?
Approximately 24.5:1 students per teacher at Rancho Bernardo High.
What is the student diversity at Rancho Bernardo High?
Student demographics at Rancho Bernardo High are roughly 41% White, 20% Hispanic, 2% Black, 24% Asian, 12% Two or more.
Is Rancho Bernardo High public or private?
Rancho Bernardo High is a public K-12 school, overseen by Poway Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.